diff --git a/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml b/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
index db05464b57..f5c406e617 100644
--- a/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_manual_todo.yml
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ Layout/LineLength:
   - spec/services/variant_units/option_value_namer_spec.rb
   - spec/spec_helper.rb
   - spec/support/cancan_helper.rb
-  - spec/support/delayed_job_helper.rb
   - spec/support/matchers/delegate_matchers.rb
   - spec/support/matchers/select2_matchers.rb
   - spec/support/matchers/table_matchers.rb
@@ -549,7 +548,6 @@ Metrics/BlockLength:
   - spec/models/tag_rule/discount_order_spec.rb
   - spec/requests/api/orders_spec.rb
   - spec/spec_helper.rb
-  - spec/support/delayed_job_helper.rb
   - spec/support/matchers/select2_matchers.rb
   - spec/support/matchers/table_matchers.rb
   - spec/swagger_helper.rb
diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index 1013c35643..e383738009 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -781,7 +781,6 @@ Style/ClassEqualityComparison:
     - 'app/controllers/spree/admin/payments_controller.rb'
     - 'app/models/tag_rule/discount_order.rb'
     - 'spec/lib/open_food_network/group_buy_report_spec.rb'
-    - 'spec/support/delayed_job_helper.rb'
 
 # Offense count: 3
 Style/ClassVars:
@@ -1200,7 +1199,6 @@ Style/GuardClause:
     - 'lib/open_food_network/order_cycle_form_applicator.rb'
     - 'lib/open_food_network/rack_request_blocker.rb'
     - 'lib/spree/core/controller_helpers/respond_with.rb'
-    - 'spec/support/delayed_job_helper.rb'
     - 'spec/support/request/distribution_helper.rb'
     - 'spec/support/request/shop_workflow.rb'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 95701f8e06..9675f154fe 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ gem 'devise-token_authenticatable'
 gem 'jwt', '~> 2.2'
 gem 'oauth2', '~> 1.4.7' # Used for Stripe Connect
 
-gem 'daemons'
-gem 'delayed_job_active_record'
-
 gem 'kaminari', '~> 1.2.1'
 
 gem 'andand'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index fe41d56b46..b0f13f60d3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ GEM
     crass (1.0.6)
     css_parser (1.9.0)
       addressable
-    daemons (1.4.0)
     dalli (2.7.11)
     database_cleaner (2.0.1)
       database_cleaner-active_record (~> 2.0.0)
@@ -204,11 +203,6 @@ GEM
       ffi (~> 1.0)
       msgpack
     debugger-linecache (1.2.0)
-    delayed_job (4.1.9)
-      activesupport (>= 3.0, < 6.2)
-    delayed_job_active_record (4.1.6)
-      activerecord (>= 3.0, < 6.2)
-      delayed_job (>= 3.0, < 5)
     devise (4.8.0)
       bcrypt (~> 3.0)
       orm_adapter (~> 0.1)
@@ -669,13 +663,11 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   combine_pdf
   compass-rails
   custom_error_message!
-  daemons
   dalli
   database_cleaner
   db2fog!
   ddtrace
   debugger-linecache
-  delayed_job_active_record
   devise
   devise-encryptable
   devise-token_authenticatable
diff --git a/config/initializers/datadog.rb b/config/initializers/datadog.rb
index d6e1acde4b..aefe0f8003 100644
--- a/config/initializers/datadog.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/datadog.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 if ENV['DATADOG_RAILS_APM']
   Datadog.configure do |c|
     c.use :rails, service_name: 'rails'
-    c.use :delayed_job, service_name: 'delayed_job'
-    c.use :dalli, service_name: 'memcached'
 
     c.analytics_enabled = true
     c.runtime_metrics_enabled = true
diff --git a/config/initializers/delayed_job.rb b/config/initializers/delayed_job.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 53d7540c39..0000000000
--- a/config/initializers/delayed_job.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Delayed::Worker.destroy_failed_jobs = false
-Delayed::Worker.max_run_time = 15.minutes
-
-# Uncomment the next line if you want jobs to be executed straight away.
-# For example you want emails to be opened in your browser while testing.
-#Delayed::Worker.delay_jobs = false
-
-# Notify bugsnag when a job fails
-# Code adapted from http://trevorturk.com/2011/01/25/notify-hoptoad-if-theres-an-exception-in-delayedjob/
-class Delayed::Worker
-  alias_method :original_handle_failed_job, :handle_failed_job
-
-  def handle_failed_job(job, error)
-    Bugsnag.notify(error)
-    original_handle_failed_job(job, error)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/script/ci/load_staging_baseline.sh b/script/ci/load_staging_baseline.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 45a57cf5c0..0000000000
--- a/script/ci/load_staging_baseline.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Every time staging is deployed, we load a baseline data set before running the new code's
-# migrations. This script loads the baseline data set, after first taking a backup of the
-# current database.
-
-set -e
-source "`dirname $0`/includes.sh"
-
-# We need ruby to call script/delayed_job
-export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/shims:$PATH"
-
-echo "Checking environment variables"
-require_env_vars CURRENT_PATH SERVICE DB_HOST DB_USER DB
-
-cd "$CURRENT_PATH"
-
-echo "Stopping unicorn and delayed job..."
-service "$SERVICE" stop
-RAILS_ENV=staging script/delayed_job -i 0 stop
-
-echo "Backing up current data..."
-mkdir -p db/backup
-pg_dump -h "$DB_HOST" -U "$DB_USER" "$DB" |gzip > db/backup/staging-`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`.sql.gz
-
-echo "Loading baseline data..."
-drop_and_recreate_database "$DB" -U "$DB_USER"
-gunzip -c db/backup/staging-baseline.sql.gz |psql -h "$DB_HOST" -U "$DB_USER" "$DB"
-
-echo "Restarting unicorn..."
-service "$SERVICE" start
-# Delayed job is restarted by monit
-
-echo "Done!"
diff --git a/script/delayed_job b/script/delayed_job
deleted file mode 100755
index cecd9acddd..0000000000
--- a/script/delayed_job
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-
-require_relative '../config/environment'
-require 'delayed/command'
-Delayed::Command.new(ARGV).daemonize
diff --git a/script/enqueue b/script/enqueue
deleted file mode 100755
index 165774b878..0000000000
--- a/script/enqueue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-
-# Push a job onto the Delayed Job queue without booting the Rails stack
-# Perfect for calling via cron.
-#
-# Use like this:
-#
-#   ./script/enqueue <JobClassName>
-#   ./script/enqueue Background::ImportJobs
-
-require 'erb'
-require 'yaml'
-
-ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "development"
-
-DATABASE_CONFIG = File.expand_path("../../config/database.yml", __FILE__)
-
-def psql
-  raise "Missing database.yml" unless File.exists?(DATABASE_CONFIG)
-
-  file   = File.read(DATABASE_CONFIG)
-  erb    = ERB.new(file).result
-  env    = ENV["RAILS_ENV"]
-  config = YAML.load(erb)[env]
-
-  raise "Missing config for #{env} environment" unless config
-
-  "psql".tap do |s|
-    s << " --quiet"
-    s << " --host #{config['host']}"     if config['host']
-    s << " --user #{config['username']}" if config['username']
-    s << " --port #{config['port']}"     if config['port']
-    s << " #{config['database']}"
-  end
-end
-
-def enqueue_delayed_job(handler, priority=nil)
-  time = Time.now.utc.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-  priority ||= 50
-
-  sql = <<-SQL
-    INSERT INTO delayed_jobs (
-      handler,
-      created_at,
-      updated_at,
-      run_at,
-      priority
-    ) VALUES (
-      '--- !ruby/object:#{handler} {}\n',
-      '#{time}',
-      '#{time}',
-      '#{time}',
-      #{priority}
-    );
-  SQL
-
-  IO.popen(psql, "w") do |io|
-    io.write sql
-  end
-end
-
-enqueue_delayed_job ARGV[0], ARGV[1]